How do you give children in poorer areas the opportunities to spread their wings during a pandemic?

How do you give children in poorer areas the opportunities to spread their wings during a pandemic?

Rachael, Education & Policy Director for Speakers for Schools, tells us how they've help 11,000 children experience the world of work.
Racheal is Education and Policy Director for Speakers for Schools, a charity establish by Robert Peston to give opportunities to young people in state-school education. We all know how imbalanced society has become, but through campaigns like Predict, this charity are trying to change things. Through their work 11,000 young people in state schools and colleges across the UK are undertaking work experience with leading employers.

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